This One's for the Ladies

• Artist: The Young Fresh Fellows
• Rating:
• Release Date: 1989
• Total Time: 40:58
• Type: Lyrics are included with the album
• Genre: Rock

Review

When guitarist Chuck Carroll left the Young Fresh Fellows, he seemed to have taken some of the band's engaging silliness along with him; with Fastbacks leader Kurt Bloch assuming fretboard responsibilities on This One's for the Ladies, the Fellows' sound got decidedly bigger and louder (Bloch's big, fuzzy leads are a marked switch from Carroll's more modest style, though if the liner notes are to be believed, everyone plays lead guitar on this album...that is, when they're not busy with a drum solo). As the band's musical approach got a bit more weighty, so did Scott McCaughy's songwriting; instead of shooting for laughs each time out, "Middle Man of Time," "Deep Down and in Between," and "Wishing Ring" find him dipping into his personal concerns and romantic missteps for a change, and Kurt Bloch's contributions, which sound decidedly different (a lot like Fastbacks tunes, to the surprise of no one) feature his usual mixture of angst and pop-punk hooks (this being the Fellows, pop outruns punk by several lengths). But the arena rock goof of the title track and the instrumental rock parody/tribute "Taco Wagon" (which Carroll helped to write) prove that the band was still very much in touch with their sense of humor, while the cover of the Kinks' "Picture Book" finds McCaughey translating Ray Davies' British whimsy to the Pacific Northwest and making it work. And the band manages to have it both ways as the downcast "When I'm Lonely Again" segues into a joyously raging version of Billy Childish's "One Day You Die." This One's for the Ladies showed that the Young Fresh Fellows didn't necessarily want to be the life of the party all the time, but they still knew how to have a good time -- and communicate it to others. ~ Mark Deming, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
This One's for the Ladies	Jimmy Phelge	The Young Fresh Fellows	(1:27)
Still There's Hope	Kurt Bloch	The Young Fresh Fellows	(2:25)
Carrot Head	Scott McCaughey	The Young Fresh Fellows	(3:09)
Middle Man of Time	Scott McCaughey	The Young Fresh Fellows	(2:55)
Wishing Ring	Scott McCaughey	The Young Fresh Fellows	(2:43)
New Old Song	Scott McCaughey	The Young Fresh Fellows	(2:13)
The Family Gun	Kurt Bloch	The Young Fresh Fellows	(2:32)
Rotation	Scott McCaughey	The Young Fresh Fellows	(2:59)
Taco Wagon	Scott McCaughey, Chuck Carroll, Tad Hutchison, Jim Sangster	The Young Fresh Fellows	(2:11)
Picture Book	Ray Davies	The Young Fresh Fellows	(2:19)
Lost Track of Time	Kurt Bloch	The Young Fresh Fellows	(2:20)
Miss Lonely Hearts	Scott McCaughey	The Young Fresh Fellows	(2:29)
Deep, Down and Inbetween	Scott McCaughey	The Young Fresh Fellows	(2:29)
When I'm Lonely Again/One Day You Die		The Young Fresh Fellows	(5:59)
Don't You Wonder How It Ends?	Scott McCaughey	The Young Fresh Fellows	(2:48)

Credits

Jon Auer (Engineer), Kurt Bloch (Photography), Conrad Uno (Vocals (Background)), Jed Critter (Banjo), Riki Mafune (Vocals (Background)), Burns Stanfield (?), Conrad Uno (Engineer), Christy McWilson (Vocals (Background)), Tad Hutchison (Guitar), Jim Sangster (Guitar), The Young Fresh Fellows (Group), Tad Hutchison (Artwork), Scott McCaughey (Guitar), Emily Bishton (Vocals (Background)), Kurt Bloch (Guitar), Burns Stanfield (Piano), Burns Stanfield (Organ), Jed Critter (?), Christy (Vocals (Background)), Slim Dunlap (Guitar), Tad Hutchison (Cover Design), Conrad Uno (Producer), Scott Miller (Guitar), Jed Critter (Ukulele), Rich Hinklin (Engineer)

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